all and every the said Offenders, for their said Contempt, to suffer
such other Punishment as to Us, Our Heirs and Successors, for so high
a Contempt, shall seem meet and convenient, and not to be in anywise
delivered until they, and every of them, shall become bound unto the
said Governor for the time being in the Sum of One Thousand Pounds
at the least, at no time then after to trade or traffick into any of
the said Places, Seas, Streights, Bays, Ports, Havens or Territories,
aforesaid, contrary to our express Commandment in that Behalf set
down and published. AND FURTHER, of Our more especial Grace, WE HAVE
condescended and granted, and by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and
Successors, DO grant unto the said Governor and Company, and their
Successors, that We, Our Heirs and Successors, will not grant Liberty,
Licence, or Power, to any Person or Persons whatsoever, contrary to
the Tenor of these Our Letters Patent, to trade, traffick or inhabit,
unto or upon any the Territories, Limits or Places, afore specified,
contrary to the true Meaning of these Presents, without the Consent
of the said Governor and Company, or the most part of them. AND, OF Our
more abundant Grace and Favour to the said Governor and Company, WE DO
hereby declare Our Will and Pleasure to be, That if it shall so happen,
that any of the Persons free, or to be free of the said Company of
Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay, who shall, before the
going forth of any Ship or Ships appointed for a VOYAGE, or otherwise,
promise or agree by Writing under his or their Hands, to adventure
any Sum or Sums of Money, towards the furnishing any Provision, or
Maintenance of any Voyage or Voyages, set forth, or to be set forth, or
intended or meant to be set forth, by the said Governor and Company, or
the more Part of them present at any publick Assembly, commonly called
Their General Court, shall not within the Space of twenty Days next
after Warning given to him or them, by the said Governor or Company, or
their known Officer or Minister, bring in and deliver to the Treasurer or